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Surrogacy: A Human Rights Violation by Renate Klein 9781925581034
RRP: £12.95£8.16Surrogacy is heavily promoted by the stagnating IVF industry which seeks new markets for women over 40, and gay men who believe they have a 'right' to their own children and 'family foundation'. Pro-surrogacy groups in rich countries such as Australia... -
Dispossessed Lives: Enslaved Women, Violence, and the Archive by Marisa J. Fuentes
RRP: £25.99£22.49In the eighteenth century, Bridgetown, Barbados, was heavily populated by both enslaved and free women. Marisa J. Fuentes creates a portrait of urban Caribbean slavery in this colonial town from the perspective of these women whose stories appear only... -
Telling Memories Among Southern Women: Domestic Workers and Their Employers in the Segregated South by Susan Tucker 9780807127995
RRP: £17.95£14.12In Telling Memories Among Southern Women, Susan Tucker presents a revealing collection of oral-history narratives that explore the complex, sometimes enigmatic bond between black female domestic workers and their white employers from the turn of the... -
The Second Shift: Working Families and the Revolution at Home by Arlie Russell Hochschild
RRP: £19.00£11.74Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780143120339Author Arlie HochschildFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint Penguin USAPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 232gDimensions(mm) 196mm *... -
Literary Witches by Taisia Kitaiskaia
RRP: £12.99£12.59Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781580056731Author Taisia KitaiskaiaFormat HardbackPage Count 128Imprint Avalon Publishing GroupPublisher Avalon Publishing Group -
Selenidad: Selena, Latinos, and the Performance of Memory by Deborah Paredez 9780822345022
RRP: £23.99£20.84An outpouring of memorial tributes and public expressions of grief followed the death of the Tejana recording artist Selena Quintanilla Perez in 1995. The Latina superstar was remembered and mourned in documentaries, magazines, websites, monuments,... -
Lean in: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead by Sheryl Sandberg 9780385349949
RRP: £28.00£16.93Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780385349949Author Sheryl SandbergFormat HardbackPage Count 240Imprint Random House IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 476gDimensions(mm) 243mm... -
Life and Death: Unapologetic Writings on the Continuing War Against Women by Andrea Dworkin 9780743236263
RRP: £14.99£14.97Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780743236263Author Andrea DworkinFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint The Free PressPublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams) 426gDimensions(mm) 229mm *... -
Women's American Football: Breaking Barriers On and Off the Gridiron by Russ Crawford 9781496233332
RRP: £29.99£21.96Tackle football has been primarily viewed as a male sport, but at a time when men's participation rates are decreasing, an increasing number of women are entering the gridiron-and they have a long history of doing so. Women's American Football is a... -
The Muslim Family and the Woman’s Position: Women’s Emancipation during the Prophet’s Lifetime by Abd al-Halim Abu Shuqqah 9781847742056
RRP: £7.99£5.50The Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) established complete equality between men and women, with both having their respective special functions. This volume draws on the features of the Muslim Woman pertaining to marriage in accordance to the Qur'an and Sunnah... -
Radicals and Rogues: The Women Who Made New York Modern by Lottie Whalen 9781789147865
RRP: £20.00£14.29This is the story of a group of women whose experiments in art and life set the tone for the rise of New York as the twentieth century's capital of modern culture. Across the 1910s and '20s, through provocative creative acts, shocking fashion, political... -
Savage Summit: The Life and Death of the First Women of K2 by Jennifer Jordan 9780060587161
RRP: £8.99£6.02Here is narrative nonfiction at its most gripping. Journalist Jennifer Jordan chronicled the individual stories of the five courageous women who have climbed K2, the most fearsome mountain in the world. Climbers call K2 "The Savage Mountain." It is not... -
Baseline Shift: Untold Stories of Women in Graphic Design History by Briar Levit
RRP: £19.99£13.92The lives and work of diverse unsung heroes of design gathered in smart new book. Familiar histories of graphic design have placed women in the margins, their work unworthy of discussion and preservation. The good news is that with a little digging, we... -
100 Voices: Female writers share their stories of achievement by Miranda Roszkowski
RRP: £10.99£7.47'Remarkably brought together, heartwarming and uplifting . . . showing that despite differences in age and background, geography and lifestyle, there is so much that binds up, so much we share' Kit de Waal'A stimulating collection of women's voices to... -
Recipes and Everyday Knowledge: Medicine, Science, and the Household in Early Modern England by Elaine Leong
RRP: £28.00£27.39Across early modern Europe, men and women from all ranks gathered medical, culinary, and food preservation recipes from family and friends, experts and practitioners, and a wide array of printed materials. Recipes were tested, assessed, and modified by... -
Sexual Violence against Jewish Women during the Holocaust by Sonja M. Hedgepeth
RRP: £38.00£36.69Using testimonies, Nazi documents, memoirs, and artistic representations, this volume broadens and deepens comprehension of Jewish women's experiences of rape and other forms of sexual violence during the Holocaust. The book goes beyond previous studies,... -
Lost Goddesses Of Early Greece by Charlene Spretnak 9780807013434
£27.28Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780807013434Author Charlene SpretnakFormat PaperbackPage Count 144Imprint Beacon PressPublisher Beacon PressWeight(grams) 184gDimensions(mm) 216mm * 147mm *... -
The Cavalry Maiden: Journals of a Russian Officer in the Napoleonic Wars by Nadezhda Durova
RRP: £25.99£22.49" . . . sparkles with wit, intelligence and bold characterization." -Women's Review of Books" . . . a ripping yarn . . . admirable translation . . . sensitive introductory essay." -Times Literary Supplement" . . . a remarkable journal worthy of the... -
Hela by Mari Izzard
£11.05"Do's dim hawl 'da ti adael, Do's dim hawl 'da ti anghofio pwy wyt ti" "You don't get to leave, You don't get to forget who you really are" Erin, a young mother, has lost her son - but no one will listen. Driven and desperate, she must find him... -
Strange and Difficult Times: Notes on a Global Pandemic by Nanjala Nyabola
RRP: £14.99£13.64A devastating critique of global inequities and prejudices exposed by Covid-19, and a vivid first-hand account of Africa's pandemic. In this new collection, Nanjala Nyabola takes stock of a world in crisis. Her incisive yet moving prose unpacks the... -
Village & the World: My Life, Our Times by Maria Mies 9781876756826
RRP: £19.95£12.84Maria Mies' achievements include developing groundbreaking praxis and theory around the concept of "housewifisation", the violence of colonisation and profound writings about ecofeminism. She fights the Multilateral Agreement of Investment, she fights... -
Want Me: A Sex Writer's Journey Into the Heart of Desire by Tracy Clark-Flory
RRP: £16.00£12.20Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780143134619Author Tracy Clark-FloryFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint Penguin USAPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 238gDimensions(mm) 203mm *... -
Left of Karl Marx: The Political Life of Black Communist Claudia Jones by Carole Boyce Davies
RRP: £25.99£22.49In Left of Karl Marx, Carole Boyce Davies assesses the activism, writing, and legacy of Claudia Jones (1915-1964), a pioneering Afro-Caribbean radical intellectual, dedicated communist, and feminist. Jones is buried in London's Highgate Cemetery, to the... -
Molecular Feminisms: Biology, Becomings, and Life in the Lab by Deboleena Roy
RRP: £25.99£22.49"Should feminists clone?" "What do neurons think about?" "How can we learn from bacterial writing?" These and other provocative questions have long preoccupied neuroscientist, molecular biologist, and intrepid feminist theorist Deboleena Roy, who takes... -
Famished: Eating Disorders and Failed Care in America by Rebecca J. Lester 9780520385740
RRP: £25.00£19.59When Rebecca Lester was eleven years old-and again when she was eighteen-she almost died from anorexia nervosa. Now both a tenured professor in anthropology and a licensed social worker, she turns her ethnographic and clinical gaze to the world of eating... -
Women's Voices in Psychiatry: A Collection of Essays by Gianetta Rands 9780198785484
RRP: £44.49£40.82In early 2015, the Royal College of Psychiatrists had 4,640 female Members and Fellows and 6,015 male Members and Fellows, a ratio of 43.5% to 56.5%. Despite the high and increasing proportion of women in UK psychiatry over the years (relative to other... -
Whatever Gets You Through: Twelve Survivors on Life after Sexual Assault by Jen Sookfong Lee 9781771643733
RRP: £12.99£8.63Personal stories of surviving after the trauma of sexual assault.In the era of #MeToo, we've become better at talking about sexual assault. But sexual assault isn't limited to a single, terrible moment of violence: it stays with survivors, following them... -
Rita Moreno by Rita Moreno
RRP: £16.99£11.99Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780451416391Author Rita MorenaFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint CelebraPublisher Penguin Putnam Inc -
Routledge Handbook of Body Studies by Professor Bryan S. Turner 9781138080119
RRP: £39.99£35.46In the last three decades, the human body has gained increasing prominence in contemporary political debates, and it has become a central topic of modern social sciences and humanities. Modern technologies - such as organ transplants, stem-cell research,... -
Being & Being Bought: Prostitution, Surrogacy & the Split Self by Kajsa Ekis Ekman
RRP: £19.95£16.40In 1998, Sweden passed ground-breaking legislation criminalizing the purchase of sexual services which sought to curb demand and support women exiting the sex industry. Grounded in the reality of the violence and abuse inherent in prostitution-and... -
Dear Black Girls: How to Be True to You by A'Ja Wilson 9781250290045
RRP: £20.99£13.96Despite gold medals, WNBA championships, and a list of accolades, A'ja Wilson knows how it feels to be swept under the rug - to not be heard, to not feel seen, to not be taken seriously. As a fourth grader going to a primarily white school in South... -
Fifty Things That Aren't My Fault: Essays from the Grown-Up Years by Cathy Guisewite
RRP: £24.99£14.35Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780735218420Author Kathy GuisewiteFormat HardbackPage Count 336Imprint Prentice Hall PressPublisher Prentice Hall Press -
Natural Menopause: The Complete Guide, Revised Edition by Susan Perry 9780201479874
£15.34The San Francisco Chronicle called the first edition of Natural Menopause "the most authoritative and wide-ranging explanation of the basics of menopause yet published." Now in this newly revised edition, authors Susan Perry and Kate O'Hanlan include... -
Justice, Gender, and the Family by Susan Okin
RRP: £15.99£12.85In the first feminist critique of modern political theory, Okin shows how the failure to apply theories of justice to the family not only undermines our most cherished democratic values but has led to a major crisis over gender-related issues.Co-Winner... -
Father-Daughter Relationships: Contemporary Research and Issues by Linda Nielsen
RRP: £36.99£32.53In this fully revised new edition, Father-Daughter Relationships: Contemporary Research and Issues summarises and analyses the most relevant research regarding father-daughter relationships, aiming to break down the persistent misconceptions regarding... -
The Strong Black Woman: How a Myth Endangers the Physical and Mental Health of Black Women by Marita Golden
RRP: £16.95£11.65Major Health Crisis Among Black Women Generated from Systemic Racism "Marita Golden's The Strong Black Woman busts the myth that Black women are fierce and resilient by letting the reader in under the mask that proclaims 'Black don't crack.'" Karen... -
Proving Ground: The Untold Story of the Six Women Who Programmed the World's First Modern Computer by Kathy Kleiman
RRP: £20.00£17.84A fascinating, forgotten story of the six brilliant women who launched modern computing. As the Cold War began, America's race for tech supremacy was taking off. Experts rushed to complete the top-secret computing research started during World War II,... -
Reproductive Justice: An Introduction by Loretta Ross
£24.48Reproductive Justice is a first-of-its-kind primer that provides a comprehensive yet succinct description of the field. Written by two legendary scholar-activists, Reproductive Justice introduces students to an intersectional analysis of race, class, and... -
Ada Lovelace: The World's First Computer Programmer by Beverley Adams
RRP: £20.00£14.29The name Ada Lovelace perhaps is not a name that you would automatically link to computer science but she was in fact the first person to create a computer algorithm. Working with the renowned scientist Charles Babbage, Lovelace translated a set of notes... -
Invisible: Britain's Migrant Sex Workers by Hsiao-Hung Pai 9781908906069
RRP: £10.99£8.29Adapted into the Channel 4 documentary 'Sex: My British Job' by Nick Broomfield. Ming and Beata share neither the same language nor cultural background, yet their stories are remarkably similar. Both are single mothers in their thirties and both came...